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Neutral interactions among non‐native plants are common

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Global distribution of studies and overall effect of co‐invasion for all metrics of non‐native plant performance combined. Summary Globalization has accelerated the establishment of non‐native plant species, increasing the prevalence of multispecies co‐invasions; yet interactions among co‐invaders remain poorly understood.
Feng He, Zhiliang Yuan, Yumei Sun, Xincong Zhai, Xiangyu Tian, Yun Chen, Ragan M. Callaway, Xiao Sun   +7 more
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Regulating Reality: Exploring Synthetic Media Through Multistakeholder AI Governance

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence's integration into daily life has brought with it a reckoning on the role such technology plays in society and the varied stakeholders who should shape its governance. This is particularly relevant for AI‐generated, or synthetic, media, an emergent visual technology impacting perceptions of media as records of reality ...
Claire R. Leibowicz
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper explores one of the defining political questions of the twenty‐first century: will digital technologies strengthen democracy or accelerate new forms of authoritarianism and fascism? Against the backdrop of platform capitalism, AI‐driven communication, surveillance infrastructures, disinformation and democratic crisis, the study asks
Christian Fuchs, Kevin Friesch, Joel Museba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Host–Guest Interactions Govern Drug Stability and Controlled Therapeutic Release: Based on Metal–Organic Frameworks as Smart Platforms

Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Due to their exceptional porosity, structural versatility, and modular coordination chemistry, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as versatile platforms for targeted drug delivery. These structures enable fine‐tuning of pore size, surface activity, and framework stability for the encapsulation of a broad range of therapeutics ...
Rui Hua, Kai You, Qifang Liu, Mengjie Chen, Li Sun, Aochi Liu, Jie Lin, Yang Song, Shasha Yu, Haishan Zhang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Analysis of Secondary Victims' Preferred Method of Reporting Crime in a South African Township

Sexuality, Gender &Policy, Volume 9, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Digital communication has facilitated freedom of expression in various contexts worldwide. Digitalized communication is a form of expression that has become the norm worldwide despite cybercrime and other challenges. Communication preferences for social media determine attitudes to reporting crime.
Nomsa Ingrid Zikalala
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating synthetic substitutes to reduce illegal harvesting and support species recovery

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether product substitution prevents illegal or unsustainable harvesting and contributes to the recovery of threatened populations.
Aditya Shekhar Malgaonkar, Gareth Whittington‐Jones, Tristan Dickerson, Maswabi Lishandu, Sarah Davies, Zoe Woodgate, Xia Stevens, Choolwe Mulenga, Gift Mulenga, Mathew Phiri, Lucky Mulenga, Manyando Mukela, Gryton Kasamu, Willem A. Nieman, Gareth Mann, Abishek Harihar, Diogo Veríssimo, Rob Pickles   +17 more
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Exploring legal‐ and health‐risk messaging to reduce demand for elephant skin

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are poached for an illegal trade in their skins, which are used in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia. We explored whether messages about the legal and health risks of using elephant skin for medicinal purposes (stomach illness) could reduce such consumption.
Beilu Duan, Zac Posada‐Baynham, Joceline Yong, Xiaoxi Zhang, Zhan Chen, Anita K. Y. Wan, Jingjing Zhao, Alexander Clark, Lishu Li, Wuji Zheng, Tien Ming Lee   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moving in Cycles: Explaining the Failure of Militarization to Address Illegal Mining in Ghana

Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Mining contributes to Ghana's economic growth but also imposes significant social costs—land dispossession and unemployment—which have fueled the rise of illegal mining (galamsey). Galamsey, which intensified during the commodity boom of the 2010s, provides livelihoods while simultaneously worsening environmental degradation and social ...
Sulemana Alhassan Saaka, Phil Faanu
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Corporate Quasi‐Sovereignty: Big Tech and the Politics of Sovereign Authority in the Digital Age

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT As private technology firms expand their control over critical infrastructures, questions of sovereignty and governance are increasingly displaced from states to corporate actors. Existing scholarship on sovereignty assumes that authority is either monopolized by states or shared through institutionalized public–private arrangements.
Chee Hae Chung, Bryce J. Dietrich
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[Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio as a biomarker for predicting coronary artery lesions in Chinese children with Kawasaki disease: a Meta analysis]. [PDF]

Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi, 2023
Li YY, Yuan CC, Cai AY, Zhou BJ, Huang T.   +4 more
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